Somizi Mhlongo's Durban July outfits included a tribute to his late mom, Mary Thwala. Fans of Somizi were impressed by the ...

A rock core was extracted by a team of researchers from a depth of 15 meters belowground, ensuring that the sample had ...

Ever wondered if a body may be exhumed for the purposes of a paternity test? Probably not – though a recent case heard by the High Court yields an interestingly new, and frankly, intriguing set of ...

Microbes have been discovered alive inside 2-billion-year-old rock, offering a rare window into Earth’s deep past. Found in ...

Forty years after the first effort to extract mummy DNA, researchers have finally generated a full genome sequence from an ...

A new DNA model suggests humans didn't reach Australia until 50,000 years ago, but archaeological data disagrees.

Our human evolution workshops were conducted with well-resourced and historically disadvantaged schools attending. The grade ...

For the first time, scientists have sequenced the oldest and complete DNA set of an ancient Egyptian man, dating to when the ...

More than 4,000 years ago, Egypt and Mesopotamia stood as two of the most complex societies on the planet. But the new DNA ...

Scientists have for the first time sequenced the most complete and oldest ancient Egyptian genome ever found—unlocking new ...

The oldest known Egyptian DNA sample, from a man who lived between 4,500 to 4,800 years ago, offers new insights into the ...